rooter

Plural: rooters

Noun

• One who gives encouragement or support, typically at a sporting event.
• an enthusiastic devotee of sports
• One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
• A type of heavy machinery similar to a plow for breaking up soil, concrete, asphalt, etc.
• A blade for producing a narrow groove in a piece of wood.
• A device for boring a pathway through a blocked drain or sewer.
• One who roots or rummages through something.
• A type of malware that obtains and runs using privileged access, bypassing normal security systems.
• One who holds a primary or founding position in an enterprise.
• A plant, viewed in terms of how it establishes its roots.
• One who roots for, or applauds, something.

Examples

• I’m a ROOTER for any player who can pull off a seven-letter word.

Synonyms

fan, sports fan